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Star Power & Gridiron Glory: A Super-Sized Weekend in Sports & Entertainment

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! Sports and entertainment junkies rejoice, for this weekend not only marks the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan/Cortina Italy, but there is also a pretty big (dare I say,...more

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Shake-Ups on Center Stage: Zion Williamson Parts Ways With Jordan, A$AP Rocky Considers an NYC Run & Khaby Lame Secures a...

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! Just one year ago, many wondered whether The Grammy Awards would go forward in light of the massive wildfires that devastated Southern California. Nevertheless, the show went on, with...more

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Meeting Your 2025 Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations

The deadline to file the 2025 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2026, reflecting programming aired during the 2025 calendar year. In addition, commercial stations’ documentation of...more

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This Week In Sports & Entertainment: The Sphere Turns Oz Into $260M, Duke Heads To Court & Ryan Coogler Makes Awards History

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! With a trip to the Super Bowl on the line in each of this weekend’s NFL Conference Championship matchups, and the NFL’s playoff television ratings reaching levels not seen since the ‘90s (oh,...more

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The Wild Business of Sports & Entertainment: Elton John Launches a New Pour, Aaron Judge Prevails in Court, Luke Littler Lands...

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! Many people ask me the same question: “how do you write the Spotlight week after week?” After feigning thinking about it for a moment, I reply: “one keystroke at a time.” In all seriousness it...more

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The Spotlight is Back in Session: A Busy Start to 2026 in Sports & Entertainment

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to delve into the uber-interesting sports and entertainment business world with a witty bent, congratulations, you are on the right track! If one of...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Winning Plays, Iconic Characters and Podcast Waves

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! I’m not going to sugarcoat it. We live in some dark times. From one week to the next, we’re confronted by a parade of horribles that threaten to take our light. The events of this past week have...more

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This Week in Sports and Entertainment: Billion-Dollar Power Plays & Pop Culture Forays

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! If you stopped by last week, you might recall that I discussed Netflix and Warner Bros. coming to an agreement for Netflix to acquire the latter’s content production business in a cash and debt...more

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A December to Remember: Power Plays, Policy Stalemates & Shifting Lines in Sports and Entertainment

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! With our entering the 12th frame of 2025, so begins a cavalcade of holiday parties, overindulgences, Spotify Wrapped statistics, Mariah Carey, timeless film classics, travel and year in review...more

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A Pre-Feast Spotlight: Scripted Scuffles, Six-Figure Disputes & a Sneaker Test Run

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! With a little under a week until Thanksgiving, it has once again become fair “game” for small talk to be dominated by mostly unsolicited advice as to how one should prepare their turkey....more

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This Week in Sports & Entertainment: Scandals, Shake-Ups & Synthetic Voices

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! Is it just me or are sports scandals becoming more and more prevalent? Perhaps it’s that there’s so much money changing hands, including in legalized gambling, there is more opportunity and...more

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Betty: Armando, ¿un administrador desleal?

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En este episodio de "A Lo Legal En Par Minutos", Edwin Cortés, socio, y Tatiana Pérez, abogada de derecho penal, analizan si las conductas de Armando en "Betty la Fea" encajarían hoy en el delito de administración desleal....more

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Power Moves All Around: Xania Monet Tops the Charts, Djokovic Bets on Cob, Knicks Face a Logo Showdown and Sony Scores a $15M...

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! This past week, amidst Halloween candy sorting (and sampling…and re-sampling…) a recording artist by the name of Xania Monet generated enough radio play to make a historic appearance on the...more

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A Spooktacular Week in Sports & Entertainment: Livvy Dunne Scores Secret Deal, Fox Backs Brady's Shadow Lion and Patti LaBelle...

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Welcome back to the Spotlight, boos and ghouls. On this Hallow’s Eve, the only thing scarier than brain-eating zombies is not having anything for said zombies to dine on. After all, as your mummy would say, “a brain is a...more

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This Week in Sports & Entertainment: A Tale of Comebacks and Cautionary Tales

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! This time of year, the color orange not only evokes pumpkins and falling leaves, but also basketball. Indeed, the NBA season tipped off this past week, replete with intrigue and excitement on...more

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An Orchard of Highlights: Fall’s Freshest Sports & Entertainment Picks

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! One thing I love about this season is the memorable fall pastime of apple picking, with another installment of that chapter coming for me this weekend. Something about the experience makes...more

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App-Based Independent Contractor Settlements Exclude Any Obligation to Reclassify: September 2025 IC Legal News Update

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The most noteworthy legal development last month in the area of independent contractor (IC) compliance and misclassification law was the $19 million assessment paid to the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce...more

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A Journey From The Courtroom To The Studio with Danny Cevallos, Legal Analyst, MSNBC/NBCNews

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In this episode of "Lawyers With Game," host Darius Gambino from Saul Ewing's Video Gaming & Esports Practice is joined by Danny Cevallos, Legal Analyst for MSNBC and NBC News. Danny shares how he broke into television from a...more

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Shah v. Netflix

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District court dismisses Indian screenwriter’s copyright infringement suit alleging Netflix ripped off Bollywood film to create hit show Squid Game, holding that while both works at issue depict characters fighting to survive...more

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Spotlight on Surrealism: AI’s Role in Rewriting Sports, Fame and the Business of Entertainment

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! After an exciting Game 3 of the American League Division Series in which Aaron Judge hit a memorable, almost impossible game-tying home run to help propel the New York Yankees to a comeback...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - September 2025 #5

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Pittsburgh’s so-called jock tax, which levies a 3% tax on income earned by visiting athletes and performers at publicly funded stadiums, discriminates against nonresidents, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday....more

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Sweet Beginnings and Shifting Seasons

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Welcome back to the Spotlight and Shana Tovah to those, like me, who celebrate Rosh Hashanah—the Jewish New Year. Here’s to hoping that the year ahead will be as sweet as apples and honey. The Spotlight will be off next week...more

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Santos v. Kimmel

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Second Circuit affirms dismissal of copyright infringement and state-law claims brought by former Congressman George Santos against Jimmy Kimmel and others for broadcast of Cameo videos created by Santos. ...more

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This Week in Sports & Entertainment: Carpenter’s Daydream Campaign Gains Steam, Brady Returns for a Fanatics Exhibition and...

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Welcome back to the Spotlight! If you feel a chill in the air, it might be because the seasons are changing and Fall is nearly upon us. Or perhaps, it’s the free speech and expression that Americans have held dear being...more

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Biani v. Showtime Networks, Inc.

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In copyright infringement action against Showtime and producers of television series Penny Dreadful, Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal, holding that plaintiff failed to allege striking similarity between series’ characters and...more

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